Martin, Joshi to lead
Middle order batsman Jacob Martin of Baroda and left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi of Karnataka will lead
the Board President's XI and India 'A' teams to play the two
three-day ties against England at Hyderabad (Nov 22-24) and
Jaipur (Nov 27-29) respectively.
Off-spinner Sharandeep Singh, who switched over to Delhi
from Punjab and Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer have been named in
the President's XI while Delhi opener Gautam Gambhir and
Karnataka medium pacer Dodda Ganesh get chances to play for
the India 'A' side, BCCI secretary and convenor of the
selection committee Niranjan Shah announced in Bombay on Thursday.
The teams:
Board President's XI: Jacob Martin (capt), Irfan Pathan
(Jr) and Rakesh Patel (all from Baroda) Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai),
S Sriram (Tamil Nadu), Dinesh Mongia and Pankaj Dharmani (both
from Punjab), Sanjay Bangar and Murali Kartik (both from
Railways), Rohan Gavaskar (Bengal), T Yohannan (Kerala),
Sharandeep Singh (Delhi), Surendar Singh (Jammu and Kashmir)
and R Druv (Saurashtra).
Manager: Madan Lal.
India 'A': Sunil Joshi (capt), Dodda Ganesh (both from
Karnataka), Vinayak Mane and Ramesh Powar (both from Mumbai,
Abhijit Kale and Iqbal Siddique (both from Maharashtra), N P
Singh and S Yadav (both from Hyderabad), Gautam Gambhir
(Delhi), Yere Goud (Railways), P R Parida (Orissa), Ajay Ratra
(Haryana), Reetinder Singh Sodhi (Punjab) and Gagan Khoda
(Rajasthan).
Manager: Shivlal Yadav.
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